Hometown News For Orange County, Texas
Hometown News For Orange County, Texas
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TICISM If anyone read Sunday’s edition of the Houston Chronicle’s sport section, they would have seen two articles involving National Football League commissioner Roger Goodell and another story near the back of the section about Major League Baseball commissioner Rob Manfred.Although both of these CEOs receive much more criticism than compliments, after reading both of these articles, I have to agree that several points supporting the gist of these stories have much merit.The piece about Goodell begins, “No one should hold...
It seems that over the past two months, be it local, state or national, some group has hosted a tournament on Sabine Lake every weekend.If your favorite spot has any merit all, don’t count on getting on it on a Saturday morning. If, however, you are more into learning than catching, these are wonderful opportunities to observe and learn everything from how to best fish productive structure to fishing different lures and techniques.If you keep your distance and rely on your troll motor to quietly move around rather than y...
I don’t know how an organization as well known as the IFA can host a Redfish Tournament right here in Orange and for all practical purposes, come and go with little or no fanfare.The heat possibly discouraged some potential spectators at the weigh-in and that was understandable, but I have since talked with lots of folks that knew nothing about the event! All week long I saw tower boats running all over the lake so it was apparent that they were pre-fishing for a tournament somewhere on Saturday.Even after Albert Bates c...
For The Record You can call it swagger if you like, a way of letting the world know you know you’ve accomplished something of value. “Swagger, or confidence, I don’t have any problem with that,” Bridge City’s third-year head football coach, Dwayne DuBois, said when describing the been-there, done-that air of some of his more veteran players. “In the third year in a program, they should have more confidence,” the coach said. The Cardinals made the playoffs in 2015, the coa...
For the Record Capt. Dickie Colburn The first of two big summer fishing events in Orange is now on the books with the second scheduled for Thursday night.While she made it difficult at times for the fishermen, Mother Nature did little more than cool things off at the weigh-in for the 30^th annual OCARC fishing tournament Saturday afternoon. As predicted, every category was not only filled, but also well represented. Easily the fish of the day was Taylor Guidry’s 6.81 pound bass! Guidry said that he caught his winning fish a...
It’s a familiar scene that is played out all along the gulf coast from Texas to Florida, anglers armed with light tackle weapons probe the shallow shorelines for the bullies of the marsh. The whole encounter is a sensory overload from the get go, it is always visually stimulating to see cruising redfish roam the banks and wreak havoc like only they can. Your ears are often treated to the sounds of vicious strikes as these heavyweights flex their muscles on mullet or crabs with equal zest. Yes, it is a moment like no other as...
It’s not very often the state of Texas has three historical events that happen on the same day.Sunday was one of those rare occasions when Houston Astros slugger Jeff Bagwell became the second true Astros player inducted in Baseball’s Hall of Fame in Cooperstown, N. Y., Texas Rangers’ third baseman Adrian Beltre banged out his 3,000th major league hit and former Texas Longhorn golfer Jhonattan Vegas successfully defended his title in the PGA Tour Canadian Open.Bagwell, along with teammate Craig Biggio who was inducted two y...
The Little Cypress Junior High School cheerleaders and mascots attended the National Cheerleaders Association (NCA) camp, July 18 through July 21, at Moody Gardens in Galveston. The group won the Top Team Game Day Division trophy, the coveted spirit stick to take home, Superior Ribbons for daily evaluations, and the Herkie award. Those nominated for All-American Cheerleader were Blake Clingaman, Conner Trawhon, and Halle Lewis. Congratulations to Conner Trawhon for being selected to the All-American Team. The Cub mascots, Mon...
Well…..here we are for the 30th consecutive year getting our boats and fishing tackle ready for this weekend’s annual OCARC fishing tournament.It is the main fund raiser for John Thomas and the folks at the Center located on 8^th and Park and they look forward to you and your family joining them. Lots of phone calls, lots of miles on the truck and an unspoken pact with Mother Nature are all necessary elements of hosting yet another successful event.While the OCARC is ble...
Wife Susan came tearing out of our computer room and announced that if I wanted to go to Las Vegas, she saw the perfect deal on Expedia. She gave me the details—which sounded really great—but added we must do something soon because the deal will disappear quickly. The package included round-trip air fare, shuttle service to and from the airport and five days/four nights at a 5A hotel (Bellagio) on the Las Vegas strip. The third week of July seemed to work for both of us, so she booked it after selecting two shows we wou...
For The Record The 30th annual OCARC Fishing Tournament, Friday, Aug. 4 and Saturday, Aug. 5, is open to anglers of all ages. But forgive John Thomas if he sees Orange County’s longest running rod and reel rodeo as more Opie Taylor than Todd Faircloth. “My tournament is more of a kids’ tournament,” said the director of OCARC, who has been with that organization for 43 years. “I’ve got some kids who fished in my tournament who are bringing their kids now. I usually have 30 to...
Little Cypress-Mauriceville High School cheerleaders and mascots went to Universal Cheerleaders Association (UCA) camp, June 6 through June 9, at Texas A&M University. The group received Gold Superior Crowd Leading Cheer, Gold Superior X-treme Routine, Spirit Stick each night and Reese Cricchio and Saylor Dronett were in the jump off finals. Reese Cricchio won the jump off for the 9th/JV division, Skylar Henry and Saylor Dronett received the "Pin it Forward" award, Skylar...
The timing for the AustynStrong Benefit tournament could not have been any better.Not only did they raise a whopping $50,000, but the twenty five teams also weighed in some very solid catches in spite of little or no help on Mother Nature’s part. Bubba Sparrow and a dedicated group of volunteers quickly pulled together a group of equally dedicated fishermen and sponsors eager to make this fund raising event a reality.“Austyn’s smile and determination made this a heartfelt work of love for all involved!” The fact that the pop...
KAZ’S KORNER Although major league baseball claims that last night’s annual All-Star game was at the halfway point in the season, both NFL and college football players are getting their bodies prepared for the upcoming training camps, which begin in only a couple of weeks. The NFL camps begin in two weeks, while the collegians start sweating through drills the first part of August. In both cases, there are more players trying to make their respective teams than the limited number of roster spots will allow. So the players are...
I have no idea how many times I have been asked by good friends that I occasionally fish with, “When are you going to put all of the crazy things that have happened on past guide trips on paper.”My pat answer has always been, “What happens in the boat stays in the boat.” The incidents most re-visited over the years range from, “You’ve got to be kidding?” to downright amusing and all are best left for whiling away otherwise boring periods of very little fish catching.Last week, one of the guests of a client I have fished f...
The Bassmaster Elite Series will be coming to Orange and the Sabine River fishery for the third time in six years, B.A.S.S. announced Monday as it revealed its schedule of 2018 events. The Orange stop is April 6-9. The city previously played host to Bassmaster Elite events in 2013 and 2015. Bass Pro Shops Bassmaster Central Open was held in Orange in June, 2017. The lineup includes stops at traditional venues like the Sabine River in Orange, Texas, and the St. Lawrence River in Waddington, N.Y., where crowds for past Elite...
Orange’s Sunset Grove Country Club has been one of the city’s top spots for social gatherings since it was built by timber baron Lutcher Stark and opened during the Roaring Twenties. For The Record Cousins Lutcher Stark and Edgar Brown Jr. turned their grandfather’s vision into unforeseen progress for Orange during the middle of the 20th Century. Even a family feud worked out for city fathers, leading as it did to the founding of Orange’s Sunset Grove Country Club. “The wh...
Despite not being able to put all phases of the game together for several seasons, the Houston Astros picked up the players they thought they needed and started the 2017 major league season like a runaway freight train. And there doesn’t seem to be any stopping it as the season reached the halfway point last weekend with the Astros sporting MLB firsts in many categories. First they have the best record in baseball with their 56-27 (.675) worksheet going into yesterday’s (Tuesday’s) action at Atlanta. Houston leads the Ameri...
While the headline for last week’s column read, “Old Dogs Can Still Hunt”, I feel the need to point out that it was in reference to a lure rather than the two anglers.Any lure worth its salt will hunt long after John and I have made our last casts and in that column I was truly talking about the Lunker Lure. I mention this only because of the inordinate number of emails I received from compassionate readers trying to convince me that seventy is the new fifty. While my passion for fishing has not waned, eight hours on the wate...
The mercury in the thermometer shows temperatures creeping towards triple digits and everybody you look at appears to have just emerged from a swimming pool. The heat waves along the road and the hood of my truck cannot dampen my enthusiasm as I raise my binoculars to get a better look at a few mottled ducks along a secluded marsh pond. The very sight of ducks right now coupled with the fact that we just flipped another calendar page is enough to put a smile on my face. A few quick seconds to work the math out in my head...
TRAVEL BAN ON 8 STATES WILL HURT CALIFORNIA COLLEGE SPORTS If there’s one thing I refuse to do with this Korner is to become involved with politics. But what I believe may be a legislative bill that could hurt sports is another issue. Last Friday when the California state legislature banned state-funded travel to Texas and seven other states, it really got my attention. The travel ban to the Lone Star State came about in response to the new Texas adoption law which the Californian political base say is discriminatory, a...
“I am not believing this,” said John Hughes as we idled under the Adam’s Bayou Bridge.“Where the heck is the wind?”As if the ripple free surface wasn’t enough to confirm his observation, I looked back over my shoulder at the flag dangling above the Boat Club.It was indeed hanging limply against the pole. Depending on wind direction, a starched flag is often the only indication that the wind will be a little stiffer on the lake. That, in fact, has been the norm for the past five months.I was also both pleased and surprised to...
It is doubtful that any future Bassmaster event will ever again duplicate the hometown flavor that last weekend’s Sabine River Bassmaster Open produced.Having already made professional bass fishing a reality in Orange with the Bassmaster Elite event in 2013, Gofer Industrial owner, David Jones, along with friends John Gothia and Carl Svebeck once again lured the Bassmasters back for another tournament. I feel certain it was a little easier task following the record setting c...
Photo: Carl Svebek III of Orange, sponsored by Gopher Industrial, came from behind Saturday to win the Bassmasters Open fishing tournament in Orange. For The Record Last weekend’s come-from-behind win by Orange resident Carl Svebek at the $250,000 Bassmasters Central Open on the Sabine River did more than just entertain local event co-chairman David Jones. “It’s kind of surreal,” he said. “This tournament makes the whole thing go full circle.” Jones, the owner of Orange’s Goph...
KAZ’S KORNER STOOPS LEAVES OU; WES WELKER JOINS TEXANS Head football coaches come and go in both the college ranks and in the National Football League without much fanfare. Most head coaches accept the job with the idea they will be fired at some point in time. However, when they retire after a brilliant career or suddenly decide to leave the school or pro team, it does become big news. Last Wednesday, out of the blue, Bob Stoops announced that he was leaving the University of Oklahoma after 18 years and one national c...
